The @lwn web site is currently under the most intense scraper attack I have seen yet. 1.3M unique IP addresses within the last couple of hours, and it's not done yet. The work we have done on defenses appears to be paying off, though; the server is holding up reasonably well — so far.

...just in case anybody wonders why I have a rather dim view of the whole AI industry...
@[email protected] @[email protected] Amazing. I'd be interested in a post describing what you folks did, lessons learned, etc. (Assuming one doesn't exist already!)